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Record Nr.

UNINA9910961256503321

Autore

Petri Martin

Titolo

The Jordanian Stock Market—Should You Invest in It for Risk Diversification or Performance? / / Martin Petri, Tahsin Saadi Sedik

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2006

ISBN

9786613821348

9781462392179

1462392172

9781452793528

1452793522

9781282448155

1282448153

9781451989984

1451989989

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (38 p.)

Collana

IMF Working Papers

Altri autori (Persone)

Saadi SedikTahsin

Soggetti

Stock exchanges - Arab countries

Cointegration - Arab countries

Asset prices

Deflation

Emerging and frontier financial markets

Finance

Finance: General

Financial Instruments

Financial Markets and the Macroeconomy

Financial services industry

General Financial Markets: General (includes Measurement and Data)

Inflation

Institutional Investors

Investment & securities

Investments: Stocks

Macroeconomics

Market capitalization

Non-bank Financial Institutions

Pension Funds

Price Level

Prices

Stock exchanges



Stock markets

Stocks

Jordan

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"August 2006."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 35-36).

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""I. INTRODUCTION""; ""II. MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS OF THE JORDANIAN CAPITAL MARKET""; ""III. LINKAGES OF THE ASE TO MAJOR ARAB, EMERGING, AND DEVELOPED STOCK MARKETS""; ""IV. STRENGTHS, VULNERABILITIES, AND MACROECONOMIC LINKAGES OF THE ASE""; ""V. CONCLUSIONS""; ""REFERENCES""

Sommario/riassunto

We analyze the performance of the Amman Stock Exchange (ASE) and its integration with other markets. Using cointegration techniques, we find that the ASE and other Arab stock markets are cointegrated, which implies little long-run risk diversification. However, there is no cointegrating relationship between the ASE and other emerging or developed stock markets. Two of the main regional stock markets-Kuwait and Saudi Arabia-Grangercause the Jordanian stock market. The paper finds that there may have been some overvaluation at end-2005, but that the market correction in early 2006 and strong recent earnings growth have reduced overvaluation concerns.